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Slavic Americans are
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of Slavic descent.


East Slavic Americans

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Belarusian Americans Belarusian Americans ( be, Беларускія амэрыканцы, ) are Americans who are of total or partial Belarusian ancestry. History There is an assumption that the first Belarusian settlers in the United States, who settled there ...
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Russian Americans Russian Americans ( rus, русские американцы, r=russkiye amerikantsy, p= ˈruskʲɪje ɐmʲɪrʲɪˈkant͡sɨ) are Americans of full or partial Russian ancestry. The term can apply to recent Russian immigrants to the United State ...
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Rusyn Americans Rusyn Americans ( rue, Русиньскы Америчаны; also known as Carpatho-Rusyn Americans) are citizens of the United States of America, with ancestors who were Rusyns, from Carpathian Ruthenia, or neighboring areas of Central Europe. ...
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Ukrainian Americans Ukrainian Americans ( uk, Українські американці, Ukrayins'ki amerykantsi) are Americans who are of Ukrainian ancestry. According to U.S. census estimates, in 2021 there were 1,017,586 Americans of Ukrainian descent represent ...


South Slavic Americans

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Bosnian Americans Bosnian Americans are Americans whose ancestry can be traced to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The vast majority of Bosnian Americans immigrated to the United States during and after the Bosnian War which lasted from 1992–95. Nevertheless, many Bosnia ...
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Bulgarian Americans Bulgarian Americans ( bg, Американски българи) are Americans of Bulgarian descent. For the 2000 United States Census, 55,489 Americans indicated Bulgarian as their first ancestry, while 92,841 persons declared to have Bulgaria ...
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Croatian Americans Croatian Americans or Croat Americans ( hr, Američki Hrvati) are Americans who have full or partial Croatian ancestry. In 2012, there were 414,714 American citizens of Croat or Croatian descent living in the United States as per revised 2010 Un ...
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Macedonian Americans Macedonian Americans ( mk, Македонски Американци, Makedonski Amerikanci) are Americans of ethnic Macedonian heritage. History Review Macedonian national feelings had shifted throughout the 20th century. According to the ''H ...
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Montenegrin Americans Montenegrin Americans are Americans who are of Montenegrin origin. The figure includes all people affiliated with United States who claim Montenegrin ancestry, both those born in the country and naturalized citizens, as well as those with dual c ...
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Serbian Americans Serbian Americans ( sr, / ) or American Serbs (), are Americans of Serb ethnic ancestry. As of 2013, there were about 190,000 American citizens who identified as having Serb ancestry. However, the number may be significantly higher, as there w ...
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Slovene Americans Slovene Americans or Slovenian Americans are Americans of full or partial Slovene or Slovenian ancestry. Slovenes mostly immigrated to America during the Slovene mass emigration period from the 1880s to World War I. History The first Slove ...
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Yugoslav Americans Yugoslav Americans are Americans of full or partial Yugoslav ancestry. In the 2021 Community Surveys, there were 210,395 people who indicated ''Yugoslav'' or ''Yugoslav American'' as their ethnic origin; a steep and steady decrease from previous ...


West Slavic Americans

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Czech Americans Czech Americans ( cz, Čechoameričané), known in the 19th and early 20th century as Bohemian Americans, are citizens of the United States whose ancestry is wholly or partly originate from the Czech lands, a term which refers to the majority o ...
* Kashubian Americans *
Polish Americans Polish Americans ( pl, Polonia amerykańska) are Americans who either have total or partial Poles, Polish ancestry, or are citizens of the Republic of Poland. There are an estimated 9.15 million self-identified Polish Americans, representing abou ...
* Silesian Americans *
Slovak Americans Slovak Americans are Americans of Slovak descent. In the 1990 Census, Slovak Americans made up the third-largest portion of Slavic ethnic groups. There are currently about 790,000 people of Slovak descent living in the United States. History ...
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Sorbian Americans Sorbian Americans or Wendish Americans are Americans of Sorb/ Wend descent. The largest community of Sorbs in the United States is in Texas, with a population of around 588 Sorbs/Wends. Notable people *Arthur Fehr *John Kilian * Mato Kósyk ...


Communities with large Slavic population ranked by percentage


Bulgarian

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Bowdon, Georgia Bowdon is a city in Carroll County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 2,161. History The community was incorporated on January 1, 1859, and was named after Alabama congressman Franklin Welsh Bowdon. A ...
2.7% *
Rosemont, Illinois Rosemont is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Located immediately northwest of Chicago, as of the 2010 census it had a population of 4,202. The village was incorporated in 1956, though it had been settled long before that. Whi ...
3.7% *
Point Reyes Station, California Point Reyes Station (formerly, Marin and Olema Station) is a small unincorporated town in western Marin County, California, United States. Point Reyes Station is located south-southeast of Tomales, at an elevation of . Point Reyes Station is locat ...
2.3% *
Crozet, Virginia Crozet is a census-designated place (CDP) in Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. It sits along the I-64 corridor, about west of Charlottesville and east of Staunton. Originally called "Wayland's Crossing," it was re ...
2.1% *
Schiller Park, Illinois Schiller Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 11,793 at the 2010 census. Geography Schiller Park is located at . According to the 2010 census, Schiller Park has a total area of , al ...
1.8%


Croatian

* Bessemer, Pennsylvania 9.5% *
Ellsworth, Pennsylvania Ellsworth is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 947 at the 2020 census. The coal town was founded by James Ellsworth, who bought the land in 1890s, developed the Monongahela Railway, and sold the m ...
7.1% *
Empire, Louisiana Empire is a census-designated place (CDP) in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 993 at the 2010 census, and 905 in 2020. Seafood production Empire, along with Venice, is the third largest seafood port in the United ...
6.8% *
Versailles, Pennsylvania Versailles ( ) is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. At the 2010 census, the population was 1,515. History The borough of Versailles was incorporated on June 16, 1894. It comprised the pre-existing villages of Biss ...
6.7% *
Braddock Hills, Pennsylvania Braddock Hills is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area. Braddock Hills is located approximately east of downtown Pittsburgh. The population of Braddock Hills was 1,730 at the 20 ...
5.8%


Czech

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Conway, North Dakota Conway is a city in Walsh County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 15 at the 2020 census. Conway was founded in 1885. Geography Conway is located at (48.233996, -97.674728). According to the United States Census Bureau, the cit ...
55.2% *
Munden, Kansas Munden is a city in Republic County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 96. History Munden was founded in September 1887. It was named for John Munden, original owner of the town site. Geography Mund ...
46.8% *
West, Texas West is a city in McLennan County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 2,531. It is named after Thomas West, the first postmaster of the city. The city is located in the north-central part of Texas, approximate ...
40.9% * Oak Creek Township, Nebraska 38.2% *
Wilber, Nebraska Wilber is a city in Saline County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,855 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Saline County. Wilber is the official " Czech Capital of the USA" and hosts an annual Czech festival in August. Wil ...
37.3%


Russian

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Nikolaevsk, Alaska Nikolaevsk ( rus, Никола́евск, p=nʲɪkɐˈɫa(j)ɪfsk) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population of the CDP is 328, up from 318 in 2010. Nikolaev ...
67.5% *
Pikesville, Maryland Pikesville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. Pikesville is just northwest of the Baltimore city limits. It is the northwestern suburb closest to Baltimore. The population was 30,764 at the 2010 cens ...
19.30% *
Roslyn Estates, New York Roslyn Estates is a village in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Roslyn area, which is anchored by the Incorporated Village of Ros ...
18.60% *
Hewlett Harbor, New York Hewlett Harbor is a Village (New York), village in Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 1,263 as of the 2010 census. The Village of Hewlett Harbor is located withi ...
18.40%


Polish

* Pulawski Township, Michigan 65.7% * Posen Township, Michigan 65.4% **
Posen, Michigan Posen is a village in Presque Isle County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 234 at the 2010 census. The village is in Posen Township. Posen has a strong Polish background as 78.8% of its inhabitants are reported to have Poli ...
56.1% *
Sharon, Wisconsin Sharon is a village in Walworth County, Wisconsin, Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,586 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The village is adjacent to the Sharon, Walworth County, Wisconsin, Town of Shar ...
53.7% * Bevent, Wisconsin 52.7% *
Sloan, New York Sloan is a village in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 3,661 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area and is in the town of Cheektowaga. History The village was inc ...
46.8%


Serbian

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Export, Pennsylvania Export is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States, surrounded entirely by the Municipality of Murrysville. The population was 893 at the 2020 census. History A post office called Export has been in operation since 1892. The ...
6.2% *
Midland, Pennsylvania Midland is a borough located along the Ohio River in western Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the borough population was 2,430. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Founded in 1906, it was initially a ...
5.8% *
Industry, Pennsylvania Industry is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, along the Ohio River. As of the 2020 census, the borough population was 1,833. History The borough was organized as the Township of Industry in 1856 from an electoral district named Indust ...
4.5% *
Ohioville, Pennsylvania Ohioville is a borough in western Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,345 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. History Ohioville was originally Ohio Township, formed in 1805 from parts ...
3.7% *
Wilmerding, Pennsylvania Wilmerding is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,190 at the 2010 census. It is located southeast of Pittsburgh. At the start of the twentieth century, it had extensive foundries and machine shops of ...
3.7%


Ukrainian

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Delta Junction, Alaska Delta Junction ( uk, Делта-Джанкшен, Delta Dzhankshen) is a city in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 958, up from 840 in 2000. The 2018 estimate was down to 931. ...
16.40% * Cass Township, Pennsylvania 14.30% *
Belfield, North Dakota Belfield is a city in Stark County, North Dakota, United States and only 15 minutes from Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Belfield's population was 996 at the 2020 census. Belfield was founded in 1883, and has seen many boom and busts in this o ...
13.60% * Gulich Township, Pennsylvania 12.70% *
Gilberton, Pennsylvania Gilberton is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States, four miles (7 km) west by south of Mahanoy City. Its population was 583 at the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 769 tabulated in 2010. Extensive deposits o ...
12.40% *
Wilton, North Dakota Wilton is a city in Burleigh and McLean counties in North Dakota, United States. It is part of the " Bismarck, ND Metropolitan Statistical Area" or " Bismarck-Mandan". The population was 718 at the 2020 census. Founded in 1899, Wilton was named ...
10.30%


Education and income


References


Further reading

* Bicha, Karel D. "Hunkies: Stereotyping the Slavic Immigrants, 1890-1920." ''Journal of American Ethnic History'' 2.1 (1982): 16-38
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* Elliott, Robin G. "The Eastern European Immigrant in American Literature: The View of the Host Culture, 1900-1930." ''Polish American Studies'' (1985): 25-45
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* Jones, J. Sydney. "Polish Americans." ''Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America'', edited by Thomas Riggs, (3rd ed., vol. 3, Gale, 2014), pp. 477-492
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* Kralj, Dejan. "Balkan minds: Transnational nationalism & the transformation of South Slavic immigrant identity in Chicago, 1890–1941" (PhD Dissertation, Loyola University Chicago, 2012.
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* Steidl, Annemarie et al. ''From a Multiethnic Empire to a Nation of Nations: Austro-Hungarian Migrants in the US, 1870–1940'' (Innsbruck: Studien Verlag, 2017). 354 pp. * Thernstrom, Stephan; Orlov, Ann; Handlin, Oscar, eds. ''Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups'', Harvard University Press, , (1980), the standard reference, covering all major groups and most minor group
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External links


Slavic American National ConventionSlavic-American Chamber of Commerce
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